Description

Theres no fun in fund-raiser for Judith McMonigle Flynn when she donates an overnight stay at Hillside Manor for the parish schools annual auction and the winning bid goes to the persnickety Paine family. Then her husband Joes latest surveillance job ends abruptly when an insurance fraud suspect is blown away. Unfortunately the gun belongs to Joe, who finds himself in a jail cell while Judith tries to find whats left of her mindand the real killer.

But Joes dilemma and the unbearable Paines arent Judiths only problems. Her cantankerous mother, Gertrude, has agreed to let a wealthy parishioner stable a horse in her tool-shed apartment; Cousin Renie is trying to force-feed her loathsome Shrimp Dump recipe to the parish cookbook fund-raising committee; and neighbor Arlene Rankers wants to know why some parish school kids, including her grandson, are sick after the weekly hamburger lunch. What else could possibly go wrong? On the other hand, at Hillside Manor, what can possibly go right?

About the Author

Mary Richardson Daheim is a Seattle native with a communications degree from the University of Washington. Realizing at an early age that getting published in books with real covers might elude her for years, she worked on daily newspapers and in public relations to help avoid her creditors. She lives in her hometown in a century-old house not unlike Hillside Manor, except for the body count. Daheim is also the author of the Alpine mystery series and the mother of three daughters.

Praise For…

“Series fans will cheer.” -Publishers Weekly on All the Pretty Hearses>

“Combines charm with chaos at a consistently polished level.” -Kirkus Reviews on All the Pretty Hearses

“Daheim brings lots of humor into her strong twenty-sixth mystery.” -Booklist on All the Pretty Hearses